Graduate Education Programs
Graduate Education Entrance Prerequisites
- Completion of a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
- A minimum undergraduate, cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Submission of required application credentials
- A current certification for eligibility to teach in grades PreK-12 (preferred for M.S.E and M.C.C.L)
Admission to a Graduate Education Program
Students must submit all application credentials to be considered for the program. Students may enroll in an initial graduate education program course before being accepted in to the program, but to be formally admitted to a graduate education program, they must submit their completed application materials before finishing the course.
Required Graduate Program Application Credentials
- Complete application and essays
- Resume
- $35 non-refundable application fee. Fee is waived if application has attended a Graduate Program information session presented by the program director.
- Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate colleges and universities attended.
- Copy of teaching certificate
- Two letters of recommendation from educators or employers. One letter should be from current principal or supervisor.
Enrollment of Non-Degree Students in a Graduate Education Programs Courses
Non-degree students may enroll in any graduate education courses they have the necessary prerequisites for, if they have the approval of the director of the Graduate Education Program.
Provisional Status
Provisional Status allows a student to enroll in graduate classes in order to qualify for admission to the degree program. A student may be granted provisional status by the program director after a plan of action is written that will assist the student to meet the entrance requirements of the program.
If students are granted provisional status, they must first satisfactorily complete the educational plan approved by the program director with a GPA of 3.0 or higher before being officially admitted to the program.
Transfer Credits
At the discretion of the program director, no more than two courses (six semester hours) may be transferred to a graduate education program. In order for a course to transfer to a graduate education program, the grade in the course must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0-point scale and the goals, outcomes and assessment results must be similar to that of the graduate education course being fulfilled through transfer credit.